Adding actions to a text area
As an analyst author (and a script author), you can decide to add different types of actions to buttons, links or images in a text area (using the installed client). The action controls can open Spotfire tools that work on the range of filtered or marked data, apply bookmarks, or navigate to a certain page or visualization in the analysis. It is also possible to add your own custom actions using scripts, to refresh data function calculations, or to export prepared reports to PDF documents.
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Note: Text areas must be authored in the installed client.
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- Adding actions linked to functions, bookmarks, pages or visualizations
Using the installed client, you can add actions that include showing or hiding panels, performing various operations on filtered or marked rows, applying bookmarks, switching pages or navigating to visualizations. Multiple actions of this type can be performed in just one click. - Adding a script action to a text area or visualization item
As a Spotfire Analyst user (and a script author), you can define your own scripts and add them to action controls in a text area, or as an on-click action for certain visualization items, using the installed client. By using scripts included in an action mod, analysts who do not create scripts themselves can add shared scripts developed by trusted signers. The scripts allow you to incorporate simple actions or tools into your analysis without having to deploy complete AddIns to the server. The scripts have full access to the Spotfire API. - Adding an action to export a report to a text area
As an analyst author, you can add a button, link or image in a text area (using the installed client) that exports a report to PDF when clicked. - Adding an action that refreshes a data function to a text area or a visualization item
As an analyst author, you can add a button, link or image in a text area (using the installed client) that refreshes a previously executed data function when clicked.
Parent topic: Actions